Penguin's Bird ~ A Gotham Fanfic

Chapter Thirty-Six: It's nearly time

Chapter Thirty-Six: It's nearly time

Dacey's POV:

I stare at the woman in front of with disbelief. She cannot be here, she can't. I thought she was dead. I thought that she left me.

"Mom?" I ask slowly. A small smile appears on her face. She walks towards me and holds out her arms. I find myself running into them. She wraps her arms around me and pulls me into her tightly. I rest my head on her chest and I can hear her steady heartbeat. I feel a warm tear trickle down my cheek and I hug her back tightly, afraid to let go of her.

"My baby girl." I hear my mom whisper. I feel her delicate warm lips kiss my head. I smile and reluctantly pull away from her. I stare into her eyes and a little gasp escapes my lips. One of my mother's eyes is now blue and the other is brown... what happened to her?

"Your eyes, they're a different colour." I point out in shock. She grins and then looks at the single strand of blue-violet hair I have. She takes it in her hand and twirls it around her fingers.

"What happened to your hair?" She asks me in equal shock. I shake my head.

"I asked first," I complain. She laughs at this and then bites her bottom lip thinking for a moment.

"I found myself captured on a deserted island where a doctor was using live subjects to make others better. He wanted my eyes so I took one of them out with a spoon. He then replaced my eye with a blue one. Now you, what happened to your hair?" I look at her in horror. I shake my head and I feel more tears pour out of my eyes.

"It was him... He was alive... Brendan lived; he decided to fake his own death in order for me to become stronger. He owned Mocking Bird. He then kidnapped me and.... poisoned me with blowfish poison and something else, whenever I touch someone, I can kill them. My veins are blue and so is my hair. So I killed him." I cry quietly. My mom pulls me in for another hug and brushes my hair delicately. She soothes me and shushes me.

"I thought you were dead... when I found out Penguin drove you out of the city... I thought you-" I then fully broke down. There was nothing left in me. I am a hollow shell, nothing seems to be going to plan at the moment. My mom was the only thing keeping me sane at the moment. I had no one left. I know I had Ed, Jim, and Harvey but for how long? I don't know what myself and Oswald are anymore. I hadn't a clue. My new friends Ricky and Jervis I didn't know what would happen to them and Tyler... well he can burn in Hell.

"I know baby girl, but I thought you were as well. The news is that Gotham thinks you are dead." She looks me in the eyes. I nod my head and sigh.

"When I was poisoned it made my pulse stop. But I was still alive." I inform her. She nods her head and I hear a deep voice call up from behind me.

"Boss, we need to get ready." I turn around and see a tall and lean man with black hair and a black beard. He wore a black suit with a tie. He looked like some sort of security guard in his early thirties. His height was intimidating and I didn't know what to make of him.

"Who's this?" I ask. She smiles and nods for him to walk forward. He takes my hand in his and kisses it lightly on the back.

"My name is Houston ma'am." He introduces himself. I nod my head and look at him in his brown eyes.

"Dacey Strikes," I say back. He nods his own head and my mother then says.

"He's my new bodyguard, but I think since I am back in town you can have him. I need to find Butch." She informs me. I nod my head and bite my tongue. I want to tell her that Oswald is now in charge of her club and Butch is now working for him but I can't. I watch as Houston walks up to me and stands beside me. My mom looks me up and down and nods her head in approval in what I am wearing but she hesitates for a second.